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Comment by Paranoia

- The NPC that is part of a quest chain that you can start when you become an Aspirant in the Argent Tournament.

- The last quest which requires you to defeat The Black Knight in a fight isnt available until you reach the rank of Champion for your race in the tournament.

- He is very easy to defeat. He does not shield himself, or have much skill. After he dismounts and fights you on ground, he has 12.6k health, which goes fast. In my opinion I think Blizzard intentially made him easy and a push over like in Monty Python.

- Obviously a reference to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which is also referenced for the achievement It's Just a Flesh Wound.

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- Now the final boss in Trial of the Champion (5 man dungeon). Consisting of 3 phases. Part of the Argent Tournament in patch 3.2

Comment by Killerrabbit

Just a flesh wound!

Comment by Hitanerd

The appearance of a Black Knight in a tournament could also be a reference to a Robin Hood/Ivanhoe story:

John Lackland has arranged a big joust. A mysterious knight in black armor appears and wins all - Richard Lionheart in disguise - returned from the Holy Lands.

Comment by Tabris

For those wanting his set he is wearing Death Knight Tier 8.5 gear, so if you are not a Death Knight you are sorely out of luck.

Comment by YuriElite

How about we have a dungeon where the final boss is the killer bunny. =3

Comment by AoBman05

Another way to beat this guy is to equip Ragnell and pray for Aether procs (while a healer keeps you up).

Comment by Farnor

Besides the Monty Python reference I think it may also be related to the movie (and book) Ivanhoe. At the end of the movie the main character Ivanhoe shows up to a joust, pretty much like this one, wearing a black armor and is called The Black Knight. Also noone knows who he is for sure.